Thread: tyre repair

ok
had another go think i did not open up plug whole enugh, but just found a nice big split on side wall, never mind. roll on pay day.
if you want to leave your tips of how to do the job they wil still be welcome.

Drill out the hole in tyre

i had a sidewall staked in a new tyre, weeds had a repair kit and he put a plug in it which lasted well enough to get home, as the spare was a different size. i took the tyre to the people where i bought it and they sent it off for a repair, i bought another tyre to replace it and the repaired tyre is now the spare. it is amazing how large a hole can be repaired, 'cause i put a stick about the size of a mans finger through the sidewall. its worth seeing your tyre man.

Theres lots of ways of doing it.... and starting with the easiest/smallest hole repairs working up.... Warnings are at the end.. demounting the tyre is not included in the difficulty of the repair.

the ultra quick fix is carry a tube debur the inside of the hole in the tyre insert the tube and inflate. Very quick and vary reliable untill you need to do high speed stuff.

the next easiest is to debur the hole from the inside and put a patch like a tube patch on the inside of the hole this works for holes up to about 1/4 inch

for about the same sized hole you can use the sphagetti. drill the hole out to suit the size of the spaghetti you have, use the buring tool and burr the hole, if you dont have the prelube/glued spahgetti coat the spaghetti and the hole with the glue/lube. Thread the spahgetti onto the inserter, insert with a twisting motion (thats important) then pull the inserting tool out trim off the excess and wait about 20 mins before inflating. In a pinch the burring tool will ream the hole to the right size but it takes more effort.

if the hole is too big for that use a patch with a filling rubber prong. think big rubber thumb tack and your on the right track. insert from the inside pull it down snug after gluing and cut off the excess. this will work for a hole up to about 1/2 an inch


For a BIG hole... you can get re-inforced patches these have their own glue require a butt of prep work a non flaming heat source and a clamping device to use properly.

to reseat the bead grab your can of aero start and replace the nozzle with one from a can of wd40 or similar that has the little tube with the nozzle. spray about 2 second worth around the inside of the tyre and a little on the rim. using one of those long bbq matches light er up. then deflate the tyre and re-inflate. For the paranoid among you do this twice to vent most of the unburnt aerostart.


any of these repairs should be considered as temporary repairs, max inflation pressures for the tyre will no longer apply max speed should be kept to sub 80 KPH and the tyre should be taken to a proper repair shop for correct repair/rebalancing


If theres enough interest I might be conned into doing a post on repairs for tyres that are too damaged to repair using the kit stuff, Strictly the Just gotta make it last that last 100km to get into phone service range type of stuff.

Originally Posted by harry

i had a sidewall staked in a new tyre, weeds had a repair kit and he put a plug in it which lasted well enough to get home, as the spare was a different size. i took the tyre to the people where i bought it and they sent it off for a repair, i bought another tyre to replace it and the repaired tyre is now the spare. it is amazing how large a hole can be repaired, 'cause i put a stick about the size of a mans finger through the sidewall. its worth seeing your tyre man.

I have got tyres repaired in the past, but my local bloke now (about two months ago) says the place he sent them to to get repaired has stopped doing any road tyres anywhere except minor holes on the tread for insurance reasons (will still do tractor tyres), and he does not know of anyone else (at least reasonably close) that is doing it. Anyone else find this?
John

Larger tears in the side wall can be sewn-up using the flexible wire fishing trace. Use a large fish hook for a sewing needle, which will enable you to work from the outside.

Once sewn-up, fill the gaps with spaghetti plugs.

There's a tyre place that sells 2nd hand tyres at reasonable rates near you at Milperra: Ashford Ave and Bullecourt Ave ( About 100m west of the Uni) - they may have a decent tyre to replace the one that died.

thanks guys will give that a try.